"We believe an exception is necessary for Austria for having already fulfilled its obligation. We will discuss that with the European Commission," Kern said, adding that his government will outline its position in writing.

"We are of the opinion ... that the people in question here already sought an asylum application or arrived in Italy or Greece," he said. "We must check whether we have already fulfilled our quota and discharged our obligation."

The Commission granted Austria a temporary exception because of the large number of people it had taken in, but that has expired.

Austria took in some 90,000 asylum seekers in 2015, but many of the migrants that arrived in Germany that year had passed through Austria after entering Europe through Greece.

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JD

So those who attacked Hungary and rest of V4 the most now just follow the same schema they criticized and wanted to revoke funding for 😉

Posted on 3/28/17 | 6:35 PM CET

The cat killed by curiosity

What?! No more ‘holier than thou’ attitude? How disappointing

Posted on 3/28/17 | 8:48 PM CET

Tom Cullem

Good luck, Europe! Have a wonderful time fending off Brussels and Germany as they insist that you dismantle your cultures and prepare for a future of forced demographic change because they can’t secure the EU’s borders and haven’t the guts to send the economic migrants back where they came from as they successfully gatecrash your shores . . .

Posted on 3/28/17 | 9:05 PM CET

Tony

I visit Austria regularly and there is undoubtedly a much more conservative attitude in the small towns and countryside compared to the big cities, especially Vienna which combines tourist charm with worrying undercurrents of violence in some of the suburbs.

In voting for the Prsident recently they did they chose the liberal path and it is difficult to see how they can now want to partially shut the gates on migration.